Washington CNN — Calls to implement tougher ethics standards on Supreme Court justices are likely to be stirred again following the publication of a new report about Clarence Thomas’ lifestyle, though sources in both parties say there’s no chance that Congress will pass new legislation. Last month, the Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill…
The future of commercial space travel is took off in New Mexico on Thursday. Virgin Galactic, part of British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Group conglomerate, launched a ship bound for space Thursday, Aug. 10, with six people aboard. Unlike previous flights, three of the passengers are not trained astronauts or Virgin Galactic employees — they…
Officers in Tacoma, Washington, shot and killed a 41-year-old man after he fired at them, police said Wednesday. Police responded to a disturbance Tuesday afternoon in which someone reportedly fired shots that hit two occupied houses nearby, the Pierce County Force Investigation Team said in a statement. No officers were hurt. Police requested a SWAT…
From June to July, adjusted for seasonal swings, the price of uncooked beef roasts spiked 6.5%, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Thursday. Uncooked beef steaks prices rose 2.3% and uncooked ground beef rose 1.5%. Altogether, beef and veal got 2.4% more expensive last month. The higher prices were recorded as…
A 15-year-old South Carolina boy on his way to see his grandparents was killed by a falling tree during a severe storm. Evan Kinley had just arrived to his grandparents’ house during a storm on Monday night. As he got out of his car, a large tree uprooted and landed on him, causing multiple traumatic…
A British man was killed amid violent protests in the South African city of Cape Town after the vehicle he was riding in drove into the midst of some of the unrest. The 40-year-old man was sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle when he was shot in the head, South African police said….
New York CNN — More Americans are failing to make payments on their credit cards and auto loans, another sign of rising financial pressure on consumers. New credit card and auto loan delinquencies have now surpassed pre-Covid levels, according to a Wednesday report issued by Moody’s Investors Service. The rate of new credit card delinquencies…
What began in Miami Sunday as a police search for answers to a cold case, ended with searchers dredging up more than they expected – more than 30 vehicles fished out of the bottom of a lake. Volunteer dive team United Search Corps founder Doug Bishop and diver Ken Fleming told 7 News Miami that…
New York CNN — An author is raising alarms this week after she found new books being sold on Amazon under her name — only she didn’t write them; they appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence. Jane Friedman, who has authored multiple books and consulted about working in the writing and publishing industry,…
The trial of a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan opened Wednesday with a federal prosecutor arguing that the defendant lied under oath to a grand jury to protect his boss. The 68-year-old Tim Mapes, who served for almost two decades as Madigan’s chief of staff, faces single counts of…